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Table B.3. Medicaid: American Indian/Alaska Native Eligibles by State and Age Group and Estimated Spending, 2004

American Indian/Alaska Native Medicaid eligibles age 0-18 with asthma1,2,4

American Indian/Alaska Native Medicaid eligibles age 19-64 with asthma1,2,4

American Indian/Alaska Native Medicaid eligibles age 65+ with asthma1,2,4,,5

Estimated Medicaid spending on asthma for American Indian/Alaska Native eligibles3

Total U.S.

833,800

52,410

37,839

8,257

$109,293,210

Alabama

2,577

150

115

39

$337,392

Alaska

47,359

3,589

1,673

323

6,195,481

Arizona

153,888

8,629

8,511

1,096

20,232,416

Arkansas

5,599

368

235

58

733,214

California

45,748

2,229

2,751

445

6,019,153

Colorado

4,881

331

190

55

638,587

Connecticut

986

58

44

14

129,115

Delaware

344

19

19

3

45,223

District of Columbia

47

3

2

0

6,165

Florida

2,904

185

113

43

379,689

Georgia

1,492

106

54

16

195,071

Hawaii

662

36

35

8

86,898

Idaho

5,521

431

181

38

721,786

Illinois

4,355

271

159

82

568,630

Indiana

620

43

24

6

81,142

Iowa

1,874

118

81

22

245,423

Kansas

4,665

321

177

52

610,174

Kentucky

432

26

19

6

56,577

Louisiana

2,915

217

93

33

380,707

Maine

3,924

174

240

50

516,140

Maryland

1,575

101

67

17

206,277

Massachusetts

2,895

142

161

40

380,160

Michigan

9,332

590

432

80

1,223,813

Minnesota

28,246

1,646

1,294

395

3,700,051

Mississippi

2,961

194

113

41

387,129

Missouri

4,006

251

184

38

525,194

Montana

2,408

1,685

1,153

279

3,459,587

Nebraska

9,073

656

316

97

1,185,917

Nevada

3,722

249

151

40

487,205

New Hampshire

160

11

6

2

20,914

New Jersey

3,700

229

145

61

483,647

New Mexico

96,357

6,842

3,826

705

12,618,225

New York

82,849

3,948

4,879

991

10,892,731

North Carolina

25,149

1,569

1,058

340

3,291,540

North Dakota

16,389

961

732

242

2,145,931

Ohio

2,113

133

97

19

277,054

Oklahoma

87,102

6,581

2,717

954

11,373,991

Oregon

14,440

777

792

141

1,897,367

Pennsylvania

2,364

138

110

32

309,752

Rhode Island

415

23

20

5

54,418

South Carolina

1,589

95

66

26

207,839

South Dakota

41,959

3,062

1,403

477

5,481,805

Tennessee

2,623

131

147

33

344,586

Texas

14,497

1,124

407

173

1,891,204

Utah

10,629

708

489

59

1,394,578

Vermont

245

12

13

4

32,150

Virginia

1,349

91

48

19

176,259

Washington

30,407

1,954

1,394

245

3,987,521

West Virginia

132

8

6

1

17,314

Wisconsin

14,461

759

685

263

1,893,597

Wyoming

5,860

435

208

47

766,470

Notes: Age groups differ slightly depending on source. Population age groups for Medicaid eligibles are 0-18, 19-64, and 65+ years, while National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) prevalence rates are 0-17, 18-64, and 65+ years.

1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, MSIS State Summary FY 2004. Accessed at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/02_MSISData.asp2Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Data for All Ages, National Center for Health Statistics, accessed at http://205.207.175.93/HDI/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=60. Crude prevalence rates used when available.3 Calculations of direct cost per person are based on Weiss, et al. (2000), inflated by medical care component of CPI to 2004. Indirect costs per person are based on Weiss, et al. (2000), inflated by percent change in average annual wages through 2004. Weiss KB, Sullivan SD, Lyttle CS. Trends in the cost of illness for asthma in the United States, 1985-1994. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000 Sep;106(3):493-9.4 Number of individuals of unknown age in each state was allocated across all age groups based on the proportion of the number of individuals in an age group to total number of eligibles.5 Asthma prevalence rate unavailable for American Indian/Alaska native population age 65+, and was estimated from the American Indian /Alaska Native to White ratio of prevalence for ages 19-64 multiplied by the prevalence rate for Whites ages 65+.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Appendix B: Medicaid Spending on Asthma by State (continued): Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action.
October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/asthmaqual/asthmacare/appendix-b3.html